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Replacing tedium with transformation: why the US Department of Energy needs to change the way it conducts long-term R&D

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posted on 2023-06-08, 23:18 authored by Benjamin SovacoolBenjamin Sovacool
To avoid promoting technologies that merely produce incremental change, the US Department of Energy needs to establish a new organization designed to focus on transformational R&D projects. From its inception in 1977, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has been responsible for maintaining the nation's nuclear stockpile, leading the country in terms of basic research, setting national energy goals, and managing thousands of individual programs. Despite these responsibilities, however, the DOE research and development (R&D) model does not appear to offer the nation an optimal strategy for assessing long-term energy challenges. American energy policy continues to face constraints related to an overly rigid management structure and loss of mission within the DOE, layers of stove-piping within and between the national laboratories, and inadequate public and private funding for energy R&D. To address these concerns, an independent organization dedicated to transformative, creative energy R&D is required.

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  • Published

Journal

Energy Policy

ISSN

0301-4215

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

3

Volume

36

Page range

923-928

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-12-02

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